AFRICA/MADAGASCAR – Deep emotion for the killing of a nun
Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) - The murder of a French nun caused deep emotion in Mandritsara in the north-east of Madagascar. Sister Marie Emmanuel Helesbeux was killed on 1 March in a village in Madagascar. "The nun was ...
AFRICA/EGYPT - Coptic Catholic Cardinal Naguib will attend the Conclave
Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Antonios Naguib, Patriarch Emeritus of Alexandria of the Catholic Copts, confirms to Fides Agency his participation in the Conclave, so far uncertain for health reasons. Hemorrhagic cereb ...
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Justice for 1500 orphans of the civil conflict
Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - There are 1,542 children who lost their parents in the civil war analysed by the Colombian Institute for Family Welfare (ICBF) in the departments of Antioquia, Casanare and Nariño.
In a note se ...
1 March 2013
ASIA/NEPAL - Fasting against corruption
Kathmandu (Agenzia Fides) - A group of human rights activists launched a hunger strike to protest against corruption in the country. For six days, the coordinator of the initiative, the activist Sharada Bhusal, is in the ...
1 March 2013
AFRICA/CONGO DR - Violent clashes between factions of the M23
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Violent clashes between rival factions of the M23 are underway in the region of Rutshuru, 30 km from Goma, capital of North Kivu (eastern Democratic Republic of Congo).
In the aftermath of the ...
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